Documentary ·War · 1944 · 30m

The True Story of Lili Marlene

Director

Cast

Crew

Sidney Stone — Editor Humphrey Jennings — Writer J.B. Holmes — Producer

Synopsis

The Eighth Army famously adopted a German song in the Western Desert. The Crown Film Unit traces the journey of Lili Marlene from its composition in post-WW1 Hamburg, via Radio Belgrade and the Afrika Korps, through victory in Tunisia and Sicily, to an imagined post-war East End, full of light, music and bananas for sale.

Key Collaborators

Humphrey Jennings Director Sidney Stone Editor Humphrey Jennings Writer J.B. Holmes Producer

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